- Collection:
- Marion Johnson Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Atlanta Municipal Auditorium Fire
- Creator:
- Johnson, Marion, 1917-1998
- Date of Original:
- 1940
- Subject:
- Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Disasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Fire fighters--Georgia--Atlanta
Fire fighting--Georgia--Atlanta
Firefighting equipment--Georgia--Atlanta
Equipment
Water use--Georgia--Atlanta
Parks--Georgia--Atlanta
Auditoriums--Georgia--Atlanta
Social and civic facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Hurt Park, 33.754, -84.38548
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia during a fire as seen from Hurt Park.
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium was built on the corner of Gilmer and Courtland Streets in downtown Atlanta, Georgia in 1909. The building was the site for numerous performances, civic and cultural events. It was renovated in 1938, and then partially destroyed during a fire in 1940. It opened again in 1943, and was later sold to Georgia State University in 1979. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 33.50.01
ahc033050001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/MJohnson/id/802
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white safety film
- Original Collection:
- Marion Johnson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
